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This year’s Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) debate wasn’t so much a “debate” as a town hall.
The event traditionally gives competing presidential tickets the chance to debate their platforms and plans for the university. However, since Elle Boeding and Rachel Greene are the only ticket runnin...

Elle Boeding and Rachel Greene are running for student body president and vice president, respectively, for one reason: “For the Students.”
“We’re really here for the students. It sounds corny because it’s our slogan, but at the core of it all, I want to make sure that we can listen and ...

On Thursday, Feb. 28., Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites secured the win over Farhan Bin Amjad and Micah McCutchan for student body president and vice president, respectively for the 2019-2020 school year.
Last week, the voting results, which illustrate how each candidate faired by college, were released, in...

At around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27, Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites were named the new NISG student body president and vice president, respectively for the 2019-2020 school year.
Around 80 students gathered in the Union to hear the results when they were announced.
Levang and Stites received ...

On Monday, Feb. 11, Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites announced their candidacy for student body president and vice president.
Levang is a junior business management major from Des Moines, and Stites, also from Des Moines, is a junior economics major.
“We are excited to start reaching out to people ac...

On Thursday, Jan. 24, Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) released information regarding the 2019 NISG Student Body Elections.
This year’s election will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 26 and Wednesday, Feb. 27, according to the press release.
David Konfrst, director of public relations, said t...

In a spirited runoff election, the student body elected Drew Stensland, a junior political science and public administration double major, and Kristen Ahart, a junior English education and TESOL double major, to be president and vice president of Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG), respectively.
Stensla...

On Wednesday, March 7, a crowd of nearly 100 people gathered in Maucker Union, eagerly awaiting the results of the Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) presidential election after last week’s voting resulted in a runoff.
At around 7:10 p.m., election commissioner Ben Dzaboff announced that Drew ...

The Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) presidential election is heading to a second round after no ticket was able to secure a majority of the vote in this week’s election.
NISG election rules mandate that a presidential ticket secure 50 percent of the vote plus one to win office.
The runoff...

Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) campaigning officially kicked off on Monday, Feb. 12. So far, three presidential campaigns have officially registered as student organizations and are eligible to actively campaign. The three tickets for president and vice-president are featured here in no partic...

After a year of contentious issues including the US Presidential election, as well as issues of mental health and diversity, the student body elected Jamal White, junior marketing and organizational management major, as student body president and Tristan Bernhard, junior social science teaching and political scie...